Oral Histoplasmosis: Report of Two Cases

Histoplasmosis is a deepfungal infection may present as oral ulceration and can be confused with oral mucosal malignancies, tuberculosis and other fungal diseases. It mostly affects individual having immunodeficiencies like tuberculosis and AIDS, but may also affect immunocompetent individuals. Here we have presented two cases of such oral histoplasmosis treated by oral itraconazoles. Complete disappearance of oral ulcerations was evident following three andfour weeks treatment respectively and the patients are in regular follow up and maintenance therapy.